Head measure



Sept, 16, 1924. 11,508,811`

M. PERKINS-KELLY HEAD MEASURE Fild Aug. 81 1922 im m MARIA. PERKINS-KELLY, QF LOS ANGELES, CALFORNIA.

HEAD MEASURE.

Application filed August 8, 1922.` Serial No. 580,481.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that MARIA PERKINS-KELLY, a Citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head Measures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to impro-vements in head measures, in which a flexible head band is slidably and adjustably arranged in openings formed at the lower ends of two rigid right-angle frames and two flexible straps, arranged transversely to the Afra-mes, the said frames and straps having their upper ends slidably arranged in a holder provided with a set screw for engaging and holding the frames and straps, one of said frames having at its lower end a set screw for en-v gaging the head band.

The object of my improvements is to provide an adjustable mechanism which will be particularly useful to milliners in ascertaining the'shape and size of the heads of customers who want hats made to order, and which will enable them to quickly and accurately ascertain and mark with a pencil the size and shape of the head opening to be cut in the material from which the hat rim is to be made. The mechanism could also be used by persons who make mens hats to order.

I attain these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 isa vertical side view of my improved head measure;

Fig. 2 is a view of the right hand end of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top view of my improved head measure;

Fig. 4 a bottom view of same;

Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are side elevations of the two rigid frames which form a part of my improved head measure;

Fig. 7 'is a top view of the rigid frame shown in Fig. 5;

Fig..8 is a side elevation of one of the flexible straps which forms a part of my improved head measure;

Fig. 9 is a view of the upper edge of the vflexible head band which forms a part of my improvedhead measure;

Fig. 10 1s a cross section, on an'enlarged scale taken'on the line 9, '9,-1n Fig. 3;

Fig. 11 is a view on an enlarged scale of the perforated piece of sheet metal from which the holder is formed; and

Fig. 12 is a top viewV on an enlarged scale of a fragment of the head band and a cross section of a fragment of the rigid frame shown in Fig. 5. p

Referring to the drawing in detail- The reference numeral 1 represents a frame made preferably from a sheet metal strip of suflicient thickness to make it rigid and having a horizontal portion and aV vertical portion the horizontal portion having a scale on its upper side as shown in Fig. 7, the lower end of the said vertical portion being bent upon itself to form a loop 2 having a loophole, slot or opening 2a, the upper end of the portion which forms the outer wall of the loop being secured to the said` vertical portion by a rivet 3. The outer wall of the said loop is reinforced by a nut 4 se'- cured there and havingits interiorly threaded opening registering with an opening at 17 in the loop, and adapted-to Vreceive the set screw 5.

On the opposite side ofthe mechanism is a frame 6 which is a duplicate of frame l. except that it does not have the nut 4 and set screw 5. The horizontal portions of the frames 1 and 6 are arranged parallel with and overlap each other and are adjustably and slidably arranged in a holder 7a' formed from a single piece of rigid perforated sheet metal 7 having two slots 8 and an opening 9', and bent on the dotted lines shown in Fig. 11 to form the holder 7a as shown in Fig. 10.` Secured to the top -of the holder by solder or other suitable means is a nut 10 having its interiorly threaded opening 11 registering with the opening!) in the holder. Arranged in said nut and opening 9 is a set screw 12 adapted to engage the frame 6, or the frame 1 if the latter should be on top. The frame that is on .top should have its vertical portion longer than the vertical portion of the other frame,` the difference in the length being equal tothe thickness of the metal of which they are made. Y

Arranged transversely'to the frames 1 and 6 are two `flexible straps 13, made preferably of sheet metal and having their upper ends overlapping each other and slidably and adiustably arranged'in the slots 8 in lthe holder 7, said straps each having formed at its lowerl end a loop 14 like the loop 2 at the lower end of the frame 1 or 6.

Slidably and adjustably arranged in the loop openings 2a in the trames 1 and ti and the loop openings 14a in,k the straps 13 is a exible band 15 made preferably of metal and having one end bent to torni a groove or bool; 16 adapted to tit and to receive the lower end of the trame las shown in Fig. 12, the opposite end of the band being arranged in the loop opening 2" in frame 1 between the said hook and the outer wall of the loop 2 and adapted to be engaged by the set screw 5 and having on its outer tace a scale of inches as shown in Fig. 1.

To ascertain the size and shape ot the head opening to be cut in a hat rim by means of the above described mechanism, the operation is as follows: The mechanism is placed over the customers head with the band 15 where the hat band should be. rllhe frames 1 and 6 are then slid inwardly so their lower ends contact the head. The set screw V12 is then tightened. The slidable end of the band 15 is then drawn through the loop 2 until the band engages and con- Jforms to the size and shape of the head. The set screw 5 is then tightened. This done the scale at the lett hand edge or" the loop 2 will indicate the circumference of the head because the scale on the band indicates the number of inches from the inner end wall of the hook at the opposite end of the band. rlhe mechanism is then removed from the head and the set screw 5 loosened and the band 15 slid back through the loop 2 about one inch, thereby increasing the circumference one inch. The set screw 5 is then tightened again and the set screw 12 is loosened and the frames 1 and 6 drawn apart about one-third of an inch and the. set screw 12 again tightened. The mechanism is then set on the material from which the customers hat brim is to be made and a pencil run around inside the band 15 to indicate the size and shape ot t-he head opening to be cut. rlhe circumference of the opening is increased after fitting band to head as above described to allow for the hat lining.

The scale shown in Fig. 7 and figures denoting inches may be so arranged on the frame 1 that the end of trame G will indicate onthe scale the distance in inches between the lower ends of the loops 2 or the width of the head at that point.

Each of the parts ci? the mechanism may be readily detached from the others so that all the parts when so detached can be packed. ina small container for convenience in carrying or packing in a suit case, trunk or the like.

It is apparent that certain minor changes in construction might be made in the mechanism without departing from the fundan] ental principles of my invention. The holder 7 or the loops 2 or 12 or the hook 16 could.

recaen be diiierently constructed, or the straps 13 could be rigid and shaped like the trames 1 and 6. Thus l do not wish to be limited to the particular construction shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, whatI l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 1n a head measure, a holder made from a single piece of sheet metal having therein two slots and a perforation and having its ends bent over adjacent to each other to provide a passageway therethrough, two pair of members, one pair of said members being slidably arranged in the said slots, the other pair of members having one end of each member slidably arranged in the passageway, a set screw arranged in the said perforation in the holder and adapted to engage the uppermost member and a band connected with the lower ends of the members.

2. ln a head measure, a holder having therethrough two openings arranged transverse to each other, two rigid frames each having a vertical portion provided at its lower end with an opening and each having a horizontal portion? slidably arranged in one of the openings in the holder, ilexible straps having their upper ends slidably arranged in the other opening in the holder and each havingV at its lower end an opening, and a band slidably arranged in the openings in the lower ends of theV frames and straps and adapted to fit around the head.

3. ln a mechanism of the character described, a holder, two pairs of members each pair being arranged transversely to the other pair, each member having one end connected with the holder. and having at its opposite end a depending portion having an opening, and a head band arranged in the openings in the depending portions and having its ends overlapping in one of the said openings, one end of the band being slidable in the latter opening. 'Y

4. ln a head measure, a holder having a threaded opening and two lateral openings arranged at right angles to each other, two pairs of members, each pair having one end of each member arranged in one of the lateral openings in the holder, each member having a depending `portion having its end bent over upon itself to form a loop, a set screw tit-ting the threaded opening in the holder for engagement with the members. and a band arranged in the loops in the members and adapted to be fitted to the head.

5. ln a mechanism of the character described., a holder, two pairs of members, each pair being arranged transversely to the other pair, each member having one end connected with the holder and having at its opposite end a depending portion having an opening, and a. head band arranged in In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature the openings in the depending portion? allild in presence of two Witnesses. having its ends overlapping in one o t e said openings, one end of the band being slid- MARIA PERKINS'KELLY able in the latter opening, the opposite end Witnesses:

of the band having a hook fitting the Wall E. T. DIXON,

'of the letter opening, WM. V. BACKUS. 

